Items, relics & talents
Items
Items give stats and special effects to the piece holding them. There are 5 tiers; see the item list for every item.
Getting items
- Creep drops. Stronger creeps in creep rounds can drop items.
- Spoil Tokens (loot boxes) from winning creep rounds: choose 1 of 3 random items of that tier.
- Eliminated players may drop items to the survivors.
Equipping
Items sit in your courier's inventory until you give them to a piece. Pieces can drop their items again with the disarm ability.
Equipment Recast
There's no item combining in this version of the game. To upgrade, use Equipment Recast: it melts the items in your courier's inventory into a Spoil Token. The token's level is half the total of the item tiers, rounded up (maximum 5). For example, three tier-1 items make a level-2 token. You get one recast after each creep round. Rapier can't be recast.
Relics
Relics are powerful one-of-a-kind effects. You get them from relic boxes, rewarded for winning the creep rounds at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50: choose 1 of 3.
- Each game only 10 random relics are available.
- You hold one relic at a time; it lasts until the next relic round, when a new one replaces it.
Talents
Talents are permanent bonuses in 4 tiers. At rounds 5, 15, 25 and 35 you choose one of two talents in the next tier. At round 45 you also get every talent you didn't pick.
| Tier | Option A | Option B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reaper: +1 gold for each away win | Penance: +1 gold for each home loss |
| 2 | Greedy: pieces you already own cost 1 less | Ascendency: a chance for shop slots to roll at your level +1 |
| 3 | Frenzy: heal 30% of the damage you deal to other couriers | Guardian: take 20% less damage |
| 4 | Radiance: much higher chance to find Io | Flourish: max courier level raised to 16 |